The Sopranos: AJ depressed speaks with psychiatrist

[@ZPD-doo-DAH]

Meadow may have had her daddy's mind, but AJ had his anxieties.

[@cocokai9661]

Meadow had the Soprano heart (or lack thereof) just like her daddy, grandma, aunt, and great uncle.

[@ZPD-doo-DAH]

@@cocokai9661 Do you think she was a sociopath too? I don't know, she seemed to have compassion for people...representing lower income immigrants, for example. Tony had a deep compassion for animals and babies. Grown human beings? Not so much... LIVIA??? She was in a league of her own. YIKES!

[@cocokai9661]

@@ZPD-doo-DAHI think they were all sociopaths. Sociopathy/psychopathy are often the result of underdeveloped brain. That is usually inherited. Just like bi-polar and schizophrenia running in families, so does sociopathy/psychopathy. Sociopaths will often 'perform' for the audience. It's not uncommon to find them volunteering at charitable causes. They don't do it for compassion they do it to be admired. Sociopaths are all about being admired and praised.

[@ZPD-doo-DAH]

@@cocokai9661 Great point! But they're half Carmela. Wouldn't there be some hope for the kids to be normal? I think Carmela was a "who-ah" for material possessions, but I didn't see her as a sociopath. Like her mom, they were both into status and "Keeping up with the Jones". Couldn't that be just be an American-thing? Sadly.

[@ZPD-doo-DAH]

@@cocokai9661 Do you think Casey Anthony's mom (Cindy?) is also a sociopath?

[@Kblog777]

When he says 'I cant catch a f**king break', he sounds just like his old man lol.

[@Agent1W]

Exactly! Same body language, same tone of voice. Tony *might* have been proud to see that lol.

[@nonyobussiness3440]

Agent1W he is tony. Meadow is Janice

[@52BuickBoi]

Is this the same guy who played as a Sargent when the parents put aj in military school?

[@shemp_]

Robert is a fantastic actor. He has a lot of James' mannerisms, especially in season 6 if you pay attention.

[@SuperCanuck777]

ya hard done by sob story

[@riazali4362]

AJ avoids real trauma work and switches topics just like Tony in therapy

[@2H2521]

@riazali4362 Like father, like son. 😂

[@MarkAnderson-ng8vc]

Also pathologically evades responsibility like him.

[@GisherJohn24]

Rober Iler always get attacked for his acting, but I think he was excellent as the role of AJ. Just an ordinary kid with ordinary problems that kids deal with growing up. I thought he was great.

[@SchweitzerMan]

I agree. Robert Iler did a great job

[@GisherJohn24]

SchweitzerMan hope he turns his life around, I know he's had problems after he was done wiht soproanos.

[@ChaplinCo]

Jesus Saves me too

[@bobosprinkles]

He was great in the last two seasons, in large part because the writers starting writing the character to fit his natural demeanor better, I think

[@augustvonmackensen7273]

Its proof of what a good actor he is, if he can piss off the audience that badly. Same thing with the kid who played Joffrey in Game of Thrones. That kid was soo good at the role, he was getting abused IRL from random people.

[@marjoriesmith162]

"She's not black!...I mean...she's pretty tan..." I died

[@Onmysheet]

Was he being in denial or was he serious?

[@marjoriesmith162]

+Onmysheet Blanca is Dominican and some Dominicans are funny about being called black...

[@siamsa69]

Kelly Efird yeah...mostly because in the US being called “black” is considered African American. It’s kinda the default. They just don’t want to be considered African American because they’re not.

[@ZPD-doo-DAH]

He knows who and how his father with his old school ideas about their heritage. That's why he's hesitant. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIGvlaiHfr95sLM

[@WillNelson73]

@@ZPD-doo-DAH I don't think Tony cared as much with AJ dating a woman that was probably (genetically speaking) blacker than Meadow's black/Jewish boyfriend. The thing was Meadow was his daughter and he felt different about it.

[@zachcloutier3111]

AJ progressed and became different when he started working at the studios. He may have been a lackluster student and was selfish at times but that alleviated towards the end. About that time Meadow's innocence was pretty much gone because she was on her way to defend criminals.

[@bigbubble4282]

This. AJ was very disturbed by the beating he saw (the sort of thing Tony would've paid no mind to), whereas had Meadow been there she would've made excuses about "The Poverty of the Mezzogiorno", just like she did with Flynn.

[@marcusking8507]

He might have been a spoiled brat, but AJ was the only one in that family who was aware of how messed up his family culture was under the surface, due to the shadow of "This thing of ours" hanging over it. He just wasn't intelligent or motivated enough to actually get out of it, when his own parents weren't sabotaging his rare efforts to do so, of course (like wanting to join the army).

[@samortmann5003]

I like how the lighting in the room reflects AJ's mental state, when in contrast it looked much brighter when he seemed like he was improving mentally.

[@arthurmead5341]

They did that in breaking bad too

[@yesgeorge333]

He’s absolutely right about his parents.

[@Sernival]

Yeah god forbid someone buys a coffee maker

[@yggdrasil2]

​@@SernivalDon't know if this was a direct quote or not but I couldn't help but read this in Carmela's voice.

[@Muffinarm_]

The best part of this clip is Silvio's book at the end.

[@InfamousMedia]

He's got fair points about fat Americans slurping soda and shopping, and his family indulging in useless appliances wasting thousands of dollars. He gets mired with other bullshit and his delivery is whiny, but he's not totally wrong either

[@ZPD-doo-DAH]

And yet, he had no problem taking the keys to his shiny, new gas guzzling SUV, and later, a sports model BMW. He's a Soprano all right.

[@ZPD-doo-DAH]

Existential crisis of a sociopath jr.

[@Sernival]

Its actually ignorant because working class/poor tend to be more obese, segueing that to his parents indulging is bogus because all he said was they bought a coffee maker. Aj is pretentious, but he gets the spotlight because he was a mouthpiece for the show's more liberal writers, and young people in general

[@andyroobrick-a-brack9355]

​@@SernivalI mean, the entire series is constant lambasting against the largely conservative mafia. You act like AJ was a mouthpiece for "liberal writers" when the entire show is quite liberal.

[@GT-rz6xp]

@@Sernival The show wasn’t trying to make AJ’s rich guilt liberal bs look like it made sense

[@eiffel0108]

Silvio at the end disgusted by AJ

[@mattv.4089]

"How To Clean Practically Anything" lmao

[@leroyhovatter7051]

DISGUSTING!

[@SiccDeville]

at least AJ's hair was not in the toilet water. disgusting.

[@malletUsergaming]

I told you i had the flu

[@bassmaster867]

Silvio's book seems more useful than this therapy session

[@ToaxnHoldem]

How to clean practically anything

[@brianzar1943]

Sill's book

[@ZPD-doo-DAH]

I would have expected Paulie to ask, "Can I read dat? After you're done with it, of course..." [with a slight whistle in the word, 'course'].

[@richg2620]

People talk shit on AJ but scenes like this show he was the wisest in terms of where the world was going

[@anyviolet]

"How to clean practically anything" - I just got the joke lol

[@ronniebishop2496]

That psychiatrist looks crazier that AJ.

[@xKiLLa_Carter]

His face lit up when he found out at the dinner table that his father was a badass in school just like him. Tony normally bitchs and complains in his sessions with Melfi because he wants to fix his issues but AJ here feels more content with his issues especially if consume him.

[@dirtydan9153]

i wish they posted the one with Tony, Carmela and AJ in family therapy. you get to see just how bad parents they were to him in those few minutes.

[@mayhanamin3538]

I hope I get to see Robert Iler in a new movie on day, he is actually pretty good at acting

[@gp-1542]

Tony with his mother Aj with his father The cycle continues

[@angelinparadise7282]

The fact that AJ annoys me SO much is a testement of how good this actor is and how great the writing is. Super realistic

[@bluecomet1109]

I was never annoyed by AJ, just a normal kid going thru teenage shit

[@jefferson-tl3cr]

once again another imbecile talking about how annoying aj is in a video where he isn't doing anything annoying. i hope i never come across you irl, some of you people repeat the same thing in every video, your personality is just bland

[@ChaosReigns45]

@@jefferson-tl3cr totally agree man. These people are just superficial insecure douchebags who bash vulnerable people like AJ because of their fragile little ego. Just imbeciles

[@ChaosReigns45]

You’re just a retard that’s why u get annoyed

[@MondoBeno]

Now I get it, AJ has affluenza! It's a very common disease that effects kids from privileged suburban families; they grow up with stuff, stuff, and more stuff, and absolutely nothing to do. He feels guilty because he has everything in the world, but never got the chance to accomplish anything on his own. It's terrible what his parents did to him, refusing to cut his money off when he no longer need it.

[@brianmagee6595]

MondoBeno are you being sarcastic?

[@ZPD-doo-DAH]

Tony and Carmella justified Tony's "waste management business" as being for the family, but was it really? The huge house w/swimming pool, media room, luxury cars, best private schools, Ivy League college, designer everything, jaw dropping jewelry, mother/daughter spa days..Was it really what was best for their kids? David Chase said he was the same age as Tony Soprano when he created the show. Maybe Chase noticed a similar pattern of behavior in his own children (or their classmates or friends) resulting from living such an affluent lifestyle? The one thing I couldn't figure out was why Tony bought AJ that brand new yellow "tank" and Meadow that POS car.

[@cocokai9661]

Haha, you're so right! Well said!

[@dsandoval9396]

@@ZPD-doo-DAH That's just it though, being successful in your family isn't exclusive to being economically successful. Sure having money means you don't have the stresses that being without brings but that doesn't mean you're off the hook for being a good father/husband/role model. I've known heads of family think that just because their kids/grand kids are home and in their room that they are doing a fantastic job parenting, even though they never have a conversation with their little shit spawn because they're locked in their rooms spending every second on their phones or PC's. And then to make them happy they think they have to buy them a new toy instead of spending the fucking day with them. Just like OP mentions.

[@ZPD-doo-DAH]

@@dsandoval9396 Are you describing Trump? Kavanaugh? Just kidding! Not really [ha!]. Both Tony and Carmela convinced themselves that the blood money / lavish lifestyle was for the family, the kids, security...but in truth, it was more about status and comfort. After all, a "Boss" could not live in a "cozy" home like the Bucos or worse yet, like Paulie (clipping coupons and owning second-hand art). From the first episode, Tony expressed dissatisfaction with his job and his life, and Carmela always felt guilty for being a religious hypocrite and living in denial. One of the constant themes throughout the series had to do with reconciling their souls with the choices they made. Despite their wealth, Mikey told Tony, via Christopher, "Three o'clock". [Tick-tock]. The Irish bar on St. Patrick's day, awaits...

[@TheCoolProfessor]

"There is hope for the future. When the world is ready for a new and better life, all this will someday come to pass... in God's good time." -Captain Nemo (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea)

[@robyeone7976]

THE COFFEE MAKER FROM PAULIE 🤣

[@meschachhorne7407]

Kind of reminds you of Tony's mother who always brought up some news story about children getting burn or people getting killed during family dinner.

[@jesuselchristo1252]

"She's not black!" ....lol

[@TheTimbs_]

When I watched the movie, it all made sense. Now I see the connection.

[@nonyobussiness3440]

Is so much like his father

[@AngryFart]

Hardly. He doesn't have Tony's toughness & charisma.

[@possessedslig]

Just in the feeling sorry for himself stakes

[@lucasdamotta]

Not exactly, AJ is human. Tony isn't.

[@cybernautadventurer]

clearly tony picked the wrong woman to have kids with

[@ZPD-doo-DAH]

Face Off What??? IMO, that's the only thing that Tony got right. That's why his kids have compassion for others and a conscience. Tony, although highly charming and charismatic, was a sociopath. He chose Carmela because she was the opposite of him and nothing like his mom, "Livia" (cold / heartless) Carmela was caring and compassionate...and materialistic.

[@guttachetter1087]

"People blowing each other up because their god says their supposed to live on a certain patch of fucking sand" i think about this daily

[@Jamesbond-fq9xw]

This is my life

[@mario167100]

Like father, like son.

[@BasedCharlie126]

1:24 pretty much sums up A.J.

[@jackfahy2283]

“I was watching CNN..” well there’s your problem AJ.

[@tymongoji]

I was just about to type the same comment, verbatim lmao

[@mrnaji]

yeah he should get the truth from Prison Planet and RT

[@ZPD-doo-DAH]

Jon Snow Tony? Is that you?

[@chrisbruggers8076]

What would you have him watch, Fox News? Ugh...

[@nuckymancini7013]

3k Espresso machine plus 10k media room=FINE BY ME!

[@ZPD-doo-DAH]

"Oh, P-O-O-R THEM!"

[@artvandaley3297]

The coffee machine was the most disliked chacter in the show.

[@stproducciones9140]

He would have felt more pleasure in life if he got treated by dr Milfy

[@tonyreyes3780]

Aj was indeed his fathers son here

[@supersaiyanzero386]

"I was watching CNN..." WELL there ya go AJ. IF he was watching Fox or something he'd be happy when brown go bye bye TBH

[@addakgetkd9505]

Who is the actor playing the psycatricst

[@rockyaoki8929]

"CNN, the Disneyland of mental illness"

[@HolyMackerel490]

Yay, politics.

[@faisalkamal4319]

i like AJ talks about but never donates or works with any charities

[@kacperborowski3158]

Silvio book title at the end.

[@aaronzywicki8683]

Do You Watch South Park?

[@supersaiyanzero386]

After all the music in the shorts...thank GOD ALMIGHTY (the correct God) for no "the beginning, the memory"

[@funnybone6149]

He is his fathers son

[@christys9750]

3:42

[@blobcity3591]

aj never had the makings of a varsity athlete.

[@ZPD-doo-DAH]

Nor a varsity cheerleader.

[@robbrasa2875]

phil at his psychiatrist fat dom and jerry had my back with all that shit with vito the psychiatrist have you considered writing a book about 20 years in the can eating grill cheese off the radiator and all the shineboxs jokes you had to endure you could dedicated to your brother billy whatever happened there

[@ScapoloMichael]

varsity athlete

[@OscarMaris]

every therapist on this show is a ponce

[@123TauruZ321]

They are doing their jobs, trying to expand the patients' mind so that they one day may break free of the depression. A depression comes along after a very long time of undermining of the mind of some form, and it takes a long time to break out of it even with help.

[@123TauruZ321]

You decide if you want to come back, they won't judge you.

[@123TauruZ321]

No. Their job is to make you evolve at your own pace, not to pry. They can make you see things in perspective so that you can make better choices. They are not there to mess with your head. You do that to yourself, if anything. Going to a psychologist or psychiatrist is just like anything else: If you do it halfway, you get a halfway result. I do recommend a psychologist and not psychiatrist though, because i don't believe in chemicals.

[@123TauruZ321]

I actually feel sorry for you. Why do you feel it necessary to insult people you don't agree with? You think that helps convincing me you are right and i am wrong?

[@gigicestone4902]

Nah, 123TauruZ321, he insulted you because he saw right through your bullshit.

[@TheFly212]

He's a follower. Never a leader. Unlike his father. He's doomed to just be another dude. That was AJs great war.

[@TheRealDarrylStrawberry]

The telltale moogadini

[@mr.jx5n324]

holly shit i thought AJ was just an arrogant little idiot, but he's thinking realy deep

[@DCD4Ever]

AJ sounds like a very likeable character. 1:24 "I was watching CNN." *GTFOH!* 😲👆

[@BasedCharlie126]

Kinda speaks volumes about A.J.

[@squeam-ish]

Her name's Blanca. Weird name. Reminds me of Streetfighter.

[@ScapoloMichael]

Blanca Byndloss, pornstar & peodophile

[@sweetmother5390]

This blew me away the other night.My son exactly to a t.He even talks and looks like my son.Everything he says all doom and gloom.Wish i could afford a therapist.

[@zubileegluckgluck]

Would you say "I wish I could afford a doctor" if he had a physical problem? It's pretty easy to see how he became so gloomy and hopeless. You sound like my mother. I don't speak to her anymore, because she didn't care enough about me to help me.

[@hing420]

He’s just like Livia...

[@ZPD-doo-DAH]

When Carmela slipped on the staircase while chasing after AJ, he turned back to look at her and smirked. Livia chuckled when Tony stumbled after leaving her home. Of course, she fake-cried seconds later. Some role models...

[@PaulieWalnuts_007]

Watching cnn that’s another downside of aj

[@truthbetold6578]

It was before youtube

[@gunelsultanovaa]

Most annoying character in a tv show

[@lindaleelaw5277]

Why see a shrink ? geeze. talk about guilt. It is said psychiatrists become shrinks to resolve their own issues.....

[@bojakai2102]

AJ doesnt have depression Hes using it to play victim card

[@310bound]

carhd? CARHD?!

[@addakgetkd9505]

Idk, imagine if he was a real kid

[@addakgetkd9505]

He def would’ve been fucked up

[@elleirvin2717]

Its like you didn't watch the show lol

[@GigaChadh976]

Yes he does.

[@hesh.hesh.2051]

Black kid get beaten up AJ: why can't we all just get along??? Why didn't you get along with your parents and family first then, dude always rude in front of Tony and Carmela

[@GigaChadh976]

Tony and Carmella treated him like crap

[@masonf7332]

@@GigaChadh976they did coddle him a little bit tbh but they were still horrible in other ways.

[@anthonycastellano7555]

He’s the poster Bernie Supporter.

[@ozricaurora6943]

Because he cares about the world?

[@anthonycastellano7555]

@@ozricaurora6943 Because he is clueless and expects the world to hold his hand through life.

[@ozricaurora6943]

@@anthonycastellano7555 ironic when trump has had everything handed to him and has been surrounded by yes men his whole life

[@Jackholiday1025]

He wants to pilot for trump

[@dsar8262]

@@anthonycastellano7555 Perfect description of incels.